Salamanca Market, May 20, 2023

May 20, 2023 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 3 Comments

It was a cool start (4 degrees Celsius) but it warmed up and I even had sunshine in my stall for part of the day.

My first customer was from Brisbane. She purchased a “Bunk Beds” and “Silent Disco” print. The next visitor was from Denmark, Western Australia https://www.rainbowcoast.com.au/areas/denmark/denmark-town.htm.

She purchased a “Tu-whit & Tu-whoo” print. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/tu-whit-tu-whoo

A family from Blackman Bay, Tasmania, let their three children pick a print each. The boys chose “Bunk Beds” and “The Three Amigos II” and the daughter chose “Piggyback”. Another “Bunk Beds” print is heading to San Francisco, USA, after she attends a Rotary conference in Melbourne. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/copy-of-sleepy-head-series-bunk-beds-wombat-watercolour

Piggyback
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/piggyback

A visitor from Melbourne asked if I had any prints of frogs or llamas. https://seaworld.org/animals/facts/mammals/llama/ She left with a “Kiss Me Please” print.

Kiss Me Please
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/realistic-animals/products/kiss-me-please-1

A couple from Newcastle, NSW, chose a “Tu-whit & Tu-whoo”, “Red Ute”, and “Hayride” print.

Red Ute
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

“Wombat Adventurer” was purchased for her one-and-a-half-year-old nephew living in Brisbane. His auntie thinks it will look really good in his bright and colourful bedroom.

Wombat Adventurer
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/wombat-adventurer

A young couple from Cairns, Qld, bought two framed original paintings and a “Bunk Beds” print.

A visitor from Batemans Bay, NSW, https://www.australiantraveller.com/nsw/things-to-do-batemans-bay/, who has a boat named “Blue Emu”, and obviously loves emus, purchased “Hot Couple II” and “Family Outing”. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus/products/family-outing

A “Salamanca Saturday” print will be adorning a home office in Toowoomba, Qld. The head office is in Canberra.

A “Glamour Girls” print is going to Singapore.

Two cushion covers, “Salamanca Saturdays” and “Salamanca Fresh”, are going to Brisbane, Qld. Her and her husband moved there from Tasmania. Their children gave them framed photos of the Tasman Bridge and Hobart. The cushions will go in the same room.

This 40 x 40 cm cushion cover, made in Australia, with my painting printed on both sides is available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/cards

It was great to have the car packed before it started raining.

Until next week, take care.

Warmest regards, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Art thought for the day:

“Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?” – Pablo Picasso

Salamanca Market, March 4, 2023

March 4, 2023 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ Leave a comment

The mornings are getting darker and fresher, but the day turned out to be perfect, not too hot or cool.

My first customer was somebody here for the 2023 Australasian Newborn Hearing Screening Conference, where they test the hearing of babies when they are in the womb. She purchased a “White Faced Scops Owls” and “Glamour Girls” print. I also had somebody from New Zealand, who bought some of my art five years, buy a “White Faced Scops Owls” print. She searched me out, she said.

My next visitor was from Geraldton, Western Australia (WA). She purchased a “Lazy Days” tote bag. https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/geraldton-wa

Lazy Days tote bag also available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/bags/products/tote-bag-lazy-days-1

I had somebody from Sydney, who had just finished doing the Three Capes Walk in glorious weather, buy a “Bunk Beds” and a “Dinner for Five???” print.

A family of sleepy wombats https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/copy-of-sleepy-head-series-bunk-beds-wombat-watercolour

A couple from Townsville, Queensland https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/townsville-qld purchased “A Spot of Happiness” and “Lazy Days” prints. They’ve been enjoying Tasmania for three weeks and are heading home tomorrow.

Having a conversation with the endangered Forty-spotted pardalote

A couple from Perth, WA bought a “The Three Amigos II” print. Earlier in the week they had bought a “Double Date V” print from Brooke Street Pier. https://www.facebook.com/TigerInaPaperaUniqueWoodcraftsalamancagallery/

“The Three Amigos II” Prints of these kookaburras are available at: https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/the-three-amigos

A family from Geelong purchased “Storytime” and “Goldilocks and the 20 Penguins” prints and a “Silent Disco” and “Glamour Girls” cushion covers. They said it easy to come to Tassie with the Spirit of Tasmania leaving from Geelong now.

Cushion Cover of emus at the hairdressers

A couple from the UK bought a “Sitting on the Fence” print for their daughter. She loves birds and has a lot of European birds hanging up in her house. They think that she would like an Australian one to add to her collection. (I’ve recently added Sitting on the Fence to my tote bag and cushion cover collection too.)

“Sitting on the Fence” prints are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/sitting-on-the-fence

I met Wolfram from Austria who is here for work. He’s here developing something technical to help stroke patients. He purchased a “Salamanca Saturdays” and “Glamour Girls” print.

A couple from St Marys, Tasmania purchased a “Double Date V” and a “Maggie” print. She wants to take her art to the next level. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/maggie-a-print-of-a-watercolour-painting-of-a-australian-magpie https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/double-date-v-superb-blue-fairy-wren-prints

Double Date V
Australians have voted Fairy wrens as their favourite bird several years in a row.

My final customer of the day was from Nebraska, United States. She purchased three prints: “The Three Amigos II”, “Home Among the Gum Trees” and “Devilish Siesta”. https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/the-three-amigos

Home Among the Gum Trees
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats/products/home-among-the-gum-trees-a-platypus-in-a-hammock

Until next week, take care and have fun being creative.

Warmest regards, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Art thought for the day:

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent van Gogh

Salamanca Market, December 17, 2022

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 3 Comments

The air was crisp and still as the setting up process commenced at 6 am.

On Thursday, when I was doing some restocking at Brooke Street Pier, from behind me somebody said that they loved this artist and it turned out to be the couple from Sydney, who commissioned me to paint their wedding invitation!!

Stunning bride (the painting doesn’t do the dress and shoes justice either. They are gorgeous)

They had their wedding, in Sydney, NSW, on the weekend and had just arrived in Tasmania for their honeymoon. It was so uncanny, unbelievable, and wonderful that we were both at the same place, at the same time. It was lovely to meet them and to meet again at Salamanca Market. At the market, they bought an original Sydney scene painting (to add to their significant PJ Paintings collection) and two “Beachside Chatter” tote bags. Their enthusiasm is humbling.

I don’t seem to have a photo of the completely finished painting of the emu adventure in Sydney

Early in the morning, a mother and young son, purchased “Friendship Refreshes the Soul” and “Suspended”. The young boy was looking forward to seeing Tasmanian Devils on Monday.

A young man, from Melbourne, back from doing the South Coast Track, from Melaleuca to Cockle Creek, 7 days walking with a backpack and camping. https://www.southcoasttrack.com.au/ He said he was tired. I’m not surprised. It sounds exhausting. He bought a “Sitting on the Fence” print.

A father and daughter, from Montreal, Canada, starting their return trip back to Canada tomorrow after spending 2 weeks in Australia, purchased a “Spiky Bunk Beds” print.

A couple from Young, NSW, famous for their cherries, bought a “Dinner for Five???” print. https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/young-nsw

A Melbourne couple bought the “Wombat Festivities” original painting and a “Tu-whit & Tu-whoo” print.

Original painting titled “Wombat Festivities” was SOLD today

A family, the dad originally from Tasmania, but now they are living in Portland, Oregon, USA, purchased a “Bunk Beds” print to hang in their toddler’s bedroom.

A couple from Harvey Bay purchased a “Bunk Beds” and “Afternoon Siesta” print.

Art thought for the day:

To my mind a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful and pretty. There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is, without creating still more of them. ― Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Wishing you a joyful, rejuvenating, and safe festive season,

from Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Salamanca Market, October 29, 2022

October 29, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 2 Comments

There was very little rain today, which was a welcome change.

My first customer of the day was visiting from Ballarat, Victoria. https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/ballarat/ She purchased a “Salamanca Saturdays” https://pjpaintings.com/collections/the-world/products/salamanca-saturdays and a “Maggie” print. A sister and brother travelling together from Sydney stopped by. She sells crystals and sometimes sells them at markets too. Her brother bought her a “Salamanca Saturdays” print.

My next customers were a lovely couple from Geelong, Victoria. They’ll be returning home with a “Family Outing”, “Goldilocks and the 20 Penguins” and “Story time” print.

A lady from the Gold Coast, Queensland, purchased a medium sized “Salamanca Fresh” tote bag for an elderly friend. She thought medium was a good size because she can’t carry too much at once anymore.

A doctor, who has her practice in Hobart, stopped in and bought some greeting cards. She told me that she has a print of “White Faced Scops Owls” hanging in her practice and that she gets lots of comments from children and adults alike. She said she tells them “Salamanca Market”. A man from Perth, WA, came in just after she left and bought the same print to give as a Christmas gift to his mother-in-law that loves owls.

A family, originally from Nepal visited. The son wanted to buy “Piggyback” to give to his teacher, so his mother obliged. Her brother has an art gallery for many years in Nepal. She showed me photos of his artwork. (Quality prints of “Piggyback” are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/realistic-animals).

An Australian lady, who married a Canadian and has been living in Whistler, B.C. for 40 years, bought a “Double Date V” print.

A Sydney family bought an A-3 sized print of “Who, Who, Who are You? II”. A father from Sydney bought a “Bonnie & Me!” print for his daughter. He told me that she often jumps on the back of his bike for a ride.

Art thought for the day:

“Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.” – Edward Albee

Wishing you happy times being creative, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Salamanca Market, October 1, 2022

October 1, 2022October 1, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ Leave a comment

Yay, we had a sunny Salamanca Market Day, today! It started with a cool 3 degrees Celsius but it warmed up quickly.

The first purchase of the day were some 5-card Christmas packs by a lady visiting the south of the island from Launceston, Tasmania. Christmas wombat card packs are available at: https://pjpaintings.com/collections/cards/products/greeting-card-set-christmas-tassie-native-animals

A family also from the north of the state, Turners Beach, with a point from a young grandson to decide between two prints, purchased “Glamour Girls II”. https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/northwest/turners-beach.html

Glamour Girls II
This comical quality print is available at
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus/products/glamour-girls-ii-1

A mother and daughter purchased “Be Whooo You Are” for her son/brother. The sister was keen on getting something for her brother. I commented on how nice that was and the mother said that she is always getting things for her brother. She looked like she was about 10 years old.

A man bought a small original painting of gum leaves. He was visiting his son and family that lives in Brisbane, Queensland, and they were all holidaying together in Tasmania for two weeks. They were finishing their Tassie holiday tomorrow and he will be spending two more weeks in Brisbane before he returns to the UK.

A couple from Orange, NSW, purchased “Afternoons Siesta”, “Devilish Siesta” and “Double Date V”.

A couple from Sydney bought a “Salamanca Saturdays” print.

Salamanca Saturdays
Quality prints available at:
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/the-world/products/salamanca-saturdays

A lady, from the UK, visiting her daughter and soon to be attending her grandson’s wedding in Adelaide, purchased a “Maggie & Maggie” print to go with my “Double Date V” print that she purchased at Peppercorn Gallery in Richmond, Tasmania. https://www.peppercorngallery.com.au/

Maggie & Maggie
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds

Art thought for the week:

“Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustav Klimt

Wishing you a wonderful and creative week.

Cheers, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Salamanca Market, September 10, 2022

September 10, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 2 Comments

Today we had to contend with a LOT of rain but thankfully it wasn’t accompanied with wind, and amazingly, I was able to set up and take down just when there were breaks from the rain. During the downpours, there was a sea of different Hobart hotel umbrellas on view.

A speech pathologist, visiting Tasmania from the mainland of Australia, purchased an A-3 sized “Beachside Chatter” and “Who, Who, Who are You? II” print to hang up in her practice. It will engage children and calm their nerves.

“Beachside Chatter”
quality archival prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

Who, Who, Who are You? II
quality archival prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

Two sisters from Brisbane bought an “Outback Glamping” print and a “Salamanca Fresh” tote bag. They have another sister and when they are together people think that they are triplets they told me.

“Salamanca Fresh” tote bags are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/bags

“Outback Glamping”
quality, archival prints of Outback Glamping are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

A lot of members from a family from Sydney that are attending a cousin’s wedding in the afternoon, bought a “Bunk Beds” print.

“Bunk Beds”
quality, archival prints of Outback Glamping are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats

A couple bought my original painting of the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. I drew and painted most of it, sitting on a bench, on the wharf across the street from it. https://friendsoftmag.org.au/ My “Ladybird Parade” original painting also sold today.

The Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery on Davey Street, Hobart

Original painting titled, Ladybird Parade

A Dutch couple that lived in Perth for nine years and then moved back to Netherlands, and then realised, what have we done??, moved back to Australia. They are planning to settle in Tasmania and are looking for a house in Cygnet. They bought some greeting cards to send to relatives in Netherlands.

A Hobart law and psychology student purchased a small, framed print of “Spanish Eyes (Red). Another small, framed print, “Sea Life” this time, sold to a young lady, who has been working one year and nine months in Sydney but is soon returning to Hong Kong. She has a good job lined up but she is leaving her options open if she doesn’t like it because the country has changed significantly since she has left.

Spanish Eyes (Red)
quality archival prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

“Sea Life” archival prints of Sea Life are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/whales

Thankfully, I managed to pack up before the next lot of rain started falling.

Art thought for the week:

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” ― Émile Zola

Wishing you creative and fun upcoming week.

Cheers, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Quality prints of my art are available at www.pjpaintings.com

Salamanca Market July 30, 2022

July 30, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 4 Comments

It was a bit chilly today but there was no rain or wind, so there are no complaints from me. 😊

A couple from Melbourne visited my stall very early in the morning and purchased two original paintings: “Off with the Owls” and a platypus painting. Later in the day, they returned, and bought a framed “Family Outing” print and four A-5 sized prints.

An original painting, titled “Off with the Owls”

Then a Salamanca Market volunteer bought an original “Holding Hands” painting. She wanted to buy one a few weeks ago, but when she returned to buy it, somebody had bought it while she was away. She asked me to paint another one.

An original painting, titled, “Holding Hands”

A young couple from Sydney received instructions from his mother to visit my stall and buy her an A-3 sized print of “Iconic Aussies”, which he did.

“Iconic Aussie”
quality prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds

An expectant couple, from Melbourne, bought three A-3 sized prints for their nursery for their first baby

An expectant couple, from Melbourne, bought three A-3 sized prints for their nursery for their first baby . They purchased Spiky Bunk Beds”, “Hammock Life”, and “Devilish Siesta”.

A lady, wearing flared pants, bought the original painting titled, “Flower Girl”, who is also wearing flared pants.

the original of “Flower Girl” was purchased today.
Quality prints of Flower Girl are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

Another lady bought an original painting of an emu enjoying the snow.

A lady from Sydney bought a “Salamanca Saturdays” print and then returned with her friend, who bought two “Salamanca Saturdays” print, one an A-3 size, the other an A-4 size.

A Sydney family, exploring Tasmania for two weeks, purchased a “Hanging Out” print. Two girlfriends visited the stall, and one bought a framed “Unwinding” print. Both are available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats

A family from New Zealand bought “The Three Amigos II”, “White Face Scops Owls” and a “Salamanca Saturdays” print. A family visiting from Western Australia also bought a “The Three Amigos II” print.

The Three Amigos II
high quality prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds/products/the-three-amigos

Once again, as fun as it is interacting with such a diverse crowd and hearing interesting stories, it is always good to get home and put my feet up.

I hope that the upcoming week goes well for you and that you are able to make time for your creative outlet. Cheers, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Off with the Fairies

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 4 Comments

Well…, not really… she’s Off with the Owls.

Original watercolour painting titled: Off with the Owls

An emu, with a passion for owls, is off. Where are they going? I’m not sure. Maybe to an owl convention, an owl’s birthday party or to find some fairies??

The original painting is available at https://pjpaintings.com/…/products/off-with-the-owls

Wishing you a chirpy day!

Cheers, PJ Paintings

Salamanca Market July 2, 2022

July 2, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 2 Comments

I stepped out of the house before 6 am into blackness and 4 degrees Celsius to head off to Salamanca Market, which officially today it returned to “Salamanca Market”. During COVID restrictions it had different rules and was renamed “Tasmanian Own Market”, but everybody still referred to it as Salamanca Market. But now that it “is” Salamanca Market again, all the sites were open and stalls returned to their assigned sites, so there would have been over 300 stalls today.

The Festival of Voices https://festivalofvoices.com/ is on and that could be what was contributing to the busyness today. I wasn’t feeling crash hot today, so I didn’t keep track of too many stories. I started feeling much better as the day went on.

The first customer of the day was from Brisbane, Queensland, a choir performer at the Festival of Voices. She purchased a “Lazy Days” and a “Hanging Out” print.

“Hanging Out” both prints available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/wombats

A university student bought a “Salamanca Saturday” large tote bag to use to carry her books and study material. Two ladies were walking by, and one of the ladies exclaimed that her son bought her the “Salamanca Saturdays” print (what a lovely son! 😊). She was pleased to meet the artist and told me that she loved it.

A mother and daughter purchased a “Spiky Bunk Beds” and a “Bunk Beds” print to take back to USA with them. They live in New Hampshire.

A grandmother visited the PJ Paintings stall and purchased five prints: “All Ears”, “Helping Hands”, “Scarlet Robin Rescue”, “Friendship Refreshes the Soul” and “Spiky Bunk Beds”. She said that they are going to Manila, Philippines. Then she came back with her daughter and her three children. She bought another print, “Glamour Girls” for another daughter. Her daughter bought three prints of the wombats in hammocks series.

These three prints are from my Cheer ’em Up series, of scenes where emus come to the rescue and save the day. The emu in the painting titled “All Ears” is such a patient listener that the tip of its beak is getting a little crumpled. This series is available at: https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus

One young lady was drawn to Tu-whit & Tu-whoo because her grandfather, in Ireland, would pick up the dead ones off the side of the road and get them stuffed. He has a long shelf lined with stuffed barn owls.

It was good to get home, warm the toes, and sit down with a cup of tea.

Happy Canada Day!

Cheers, Patricia (PJ) Hopwood-Wade

Salamanca Market May 21, 2022

May 21, 2022May 22, 2022 ~ theunfurlingartist ~ 2 Comments

I stepped outside into 5 degrees Celsius blackness, as it takes me about two hours to set up my stall, so I leave my house before 6 am. As we move deeper into winter, my layers of clothing increases. Today, I wore leggings and pants (2 layers). Eventually, it becomes four layers. My toes were a little cold in the morning, unlike my stallholder a few stalls up from me, who showed me his electric socks. It’s like an electric blanket with three different heating settings. It is battery run. I never knew that such a thing existed!

My first visitor was a lady from Western Australia, who told me that every time she comes to Tassie, she buys something of mine. (She wants to move to Tasmania). She has “Two to Tango” and it always generates comments, she said. Today, she purchased a “There’s a Hole in My Stocking, dear Liza, dear Liza”.

“There’s a Hole in My Stocking, dear Liza, dear Liza”
I love her oozing confidence. This print is available at https://pjpaintings.com/collections/emus?page=2

A couple from Melbourne purchased “Enchanted Forest II”. Another person from Melbourne bought a “Bonnie & Me” pouch for her sister to use in her travels.

Enchanted Forest II
https://pjpaintings.com/collections/birds

My last edition of the A-4 sized print of “Double Date IV” sold today. She bought “The Three Amigos II” to have a pair. Double Date V is on its way.

A couple visiting from the highlands of NSW purchased a “Salamanca Saturdays” tote bag. They said that wombats and emus are a common sight where they live, hence they chose the market scene. https://www.mumpacktravel.com/where-to-see-wombats-in-nsw/

A couple from Queensland, after much deliberation, chose a “Bunk Bed Trio” print and another couple from Brisbane, chose “Iconic Aussies”.

Two girlfriends purchased three original paintings: Fungi Girl, Having a Hoot and Bubble-walking and a “Rising Above It” print. I also received the good news that my large humpback whale, original watercolour painting titled, Gentle Giant, sold at Tiger Ina Papera Unique Woodcraft Salamanca Gallery. Obviously today is the day to sell original paintings! 😊

The market was a little slower today but that may be because today is election day. It is mandatory in Australia, so people were no doubt doing their civic duty and soon we will find out who our prime minister is. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61517667

Take care, from Patricia (PJ) www.pjpaintings.com

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